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Cremona: an account of the Italian violin-makers and their instruments, 1894
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1men by him of this instrument, of 1700, being formerly in the possession of J. B. Vuillaume. For information valuable to the formation of this list, I have inspected some of, and have drawn upon the catalogues of, the great collections and exhibitions of musical instruments, and have also referred to, among many other authorities, the works of MM. Vidal and De Piccolellis.
3I have to acknowledge my indebtedness to Messrs. W. E. Hill & Sons, of New Bond Street, for information kindly given, and to state that I owe the confirmation of certain facts to their invaluable series of monographs on famous makers and famous instruments.
5I desire to thank Mr. Georges Chanot and his son, Mr. Joseph Chanot, of Wardour Street, for information readily and courteously given.
7It remains to direct the attention of the reader to the much-contested claims of Gaspard Duiffoprugcar to rank as the inventor of the violin, as treated in this book. Of these claims the Author is, with Messrs. Sandys & Forster, Dr. Schebek, and, indirectly, Major Alexander Hajdecki, a strong advocate, differing from Messrs. Hart (to whose well-known work the Author has paid a just tribute), Vidal, and other writers of eminence.
9On this question the reader should be referred to a very interesting work, recently published, "Les Luthiers Lyonnais au 16me siècle," by Dr. Contagne.
11W. H. QUARRELL.
13Royal Thames Yacht Club,
14Albemarle Street, W.;
15and Ashby-de-la-Zouch.
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